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Division I · Metro Conference

Iona University Women's Rowing

New Rochelle, NY · the Gaels · Iona University overview
27
Roster
room for 41 under the cap of 68
$196k
Team budget
3rd percentile in Division I
$7,241
Per roster spot
median $25,548
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
1000
APR
100% of players retained
91%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

Iona University fields a women's rowing team in the Metro Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 27 players, well below the median of 52, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $195,513, well below the median of $1.3M — $7,241 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's rowing programs. That leaves room for 41 under the Division I roster cap of 68 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 1000, about the median of 991, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $3,369,265 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $11,618 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's rowing programs

Where this program sits against its 93 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$196k
Spend per player$7,241
Roster size27
Coaching staff3
APR1000

Team budgets across the division

$145k$5.7M
this programevery Division I women's rowing program

Roster sizes (cap 68)

15141
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster27 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap68 room for 41
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$195,513 for the year
  • Operating expenses$76,180 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$7,241 division median $25,548
  • Academic Progress Rate1000 multi-year
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$3,369,265 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$11,618 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$149,728 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Ben MacDougald head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • Division I roster spots5,181 93 programs

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
3,134undergraduates · 3,720 students in all
Women 55% Men 45%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Roman Catholic
91%admitted · of 7,289 applicants
SAT middle 50%1055 – 1265
ACT middle 50%20 – 28
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
57%

Women's Rowing

Full picture →
27on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 6827
room for 41
Academic Progress Rate1000
100% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$195,513 $7,241 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$3,369,265
Recruiting spend, women's
$149,728
$28,557net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$67,000
Average net price$28,557
Net price by family income
$0–30k$25,063
$30–48k$27,463
$48–75k$26,714
$75–110k$28,595
$110k and up$30,466
Tuition & fees
$45,880

Campus safety

Full picture →
0.93violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.93
Property0.00
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 11 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
40%of bachelor's degrees in business · 19 fields · Bachelor's, Master's
Business222 · 40%
Psychology66 · 12%
Health professions & nursing53 · 9%
Criminal justice & protective services45 · 8%
Communication & journalism37 · 7%

Research Iona University

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Women's Rowing programs within 150 miles

Iona UniversityFordham University · 7 miState University of New York Maritime College · 8 miDominican University New York · 12 miColumbia University-Barnard College · 12 miLong Island University · 12 miFairfield University · 32 miSacred Heart University · 35 miUniversity of Bridgeport · 35 miRutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick · 45 miMonmouth University · 46 miYale University · 52 miMarist University · 55 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Fordham University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference752$1.4M99156%
State University of New York Maritime College Division III · Independent85$19k—79%
Dominican University New York Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference126$48k—79%
Columbia University-Barnard College Division I · The Ivy League1253$928k10004%
Long Island University Division I · Metro Conference1219$464k—90%
Fairfield University Division I · Metro Conference3248$320k98445%
Sacred Heart University Division I · Metro Conference3568$676k99368%
University of Bridgeport Division II · Independent35———64%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Division I · Big Ten Conference45122$3.4M98065%
Monmouth University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association4640$1.2M—90%
Yale University Division I · The Ivy League5245$1.2M10005%
Marist University Division I · Metro Conference5543$553k97865%

Other women's rowing programs in the Metro Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Jacksonville University room for 464$874k$13,655985vs
Sacred Heart University at cap68$676k$9,942993vs
Stetson University room for 2642$655k$15,587973vs
Robert Morris University room for 3929$558k$19,234984vs
Marist University room for 2543$553k$12,854978vs
Long Island University room for 4919$464k$24,400—vs
Drake University room for 3632$359k$11,203984vs
Fairfield University room for 2048$320k$6,657984vs
Merrimack College room for 4424$317k$13,212—vs
Canisius University room for 3335$313k$8,929996vs
Iona University room for 4127$196k$7,2411000vs

Every Metro Conference women's rowing program · Women's Rowing budgets ranked